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Avatar n tn ve encountered a case in which a 5-day old puppy was brought in the clinic with hemoptysis, I concluded that it was aspiration pneumonia because the puppy was only been nursed by the owner... We immediately administered antibiotics and wasn't able to put on IV fluids due to the small size of the puppy, we tried administering oral fluids, but it doesn't work well.... after an hour, the puppy died and coughed a lot of blood....
Avatar n tn ve been thinking about it the last couple of months and trying to understand what aspiration pneumonia is and how it caused his death. The vet explained to me that aspiration pneumonia is an infection that can feel like a chemical burn. What exactly causes death? Any insight would be appreciated. Thank you.
Avatar f tn //www.healthline.com/health/aspiration-pneumonia. How are you now? There are symptoms of aspiration pneumonia but they normally last longer than a short bit. https://www.healthline.com/health/aspiration-pneumonia#treatment. Please let us know how you are doing now.
1618318 tn?1318196283 I have swallowing disorders that put me at risk for aspiration pneumonia. Are there any tests that can be done to differentiate the type of pneumonia? I have had several xrays done on my chest and was put on antibiotics.
Avatar f tn Tube feeding is so easy, and with tube feeding you not only eliminate the danger of aspiration pneumonia, you also get exactly the right amount of food into each puppy or kitten instead of relying on the animal to nurse until it has consumed enough. When you take this puppy to the vet, ask him or her to show you how to tube feed so you can do this with the litter from here on in until you're ready to wean them.
1371879 tn?1278467037 I took him to the vet and they said he had aspiration pneumonia in only the right lung. After 10 days on Clavamox his nose looked almost healed and the fur started growing back on the lip. He coughed up the abcess in his lung and survived that. (coughing up the blood and mucus looked painful) No more signs of coughing and he is eating, drinking, pooping and peeing normally. But,,, the nose started looking burned again with new black scabs. Is this ring worm or skin cancer?
Avatar f tn Hi Doctor, at lunch today I was taste testing my yellow rice to see if it was soft enough to finish a recipe and choked on a couple of pieces. I coughed and then made myself cough a number of times 'just in case', but am concerned it went into my lungs and might cause aspiration pneumonia. I have no lung problems.
Avatar m tn My husband has had a choking cough for 2 weeks. He is in a nursing home and the on call doctor will not give him a chest xray because the nurses do not hear anything in his lungs. He has chf and Alzheimer's. He does not cough constantly but when he does he is in great discomfort, straining to get the cough out. It sounds like there is phleone but he can't cough it up.
Avatar m tn Pain/tingling of the upper abdomen or bottom right rib cage is a bit worrisome. It raises the question of possible pneumonia with pleurisy caused by the granola. I strongly suggest that you see your doctor and have a Chest X-ray. The food may not be visible on a plain X-ray but one of your lungs, most likely the right lung may be overinflated. The radiologist would pick this up, especially if the X-ray request states that you have swallowed a foreign body.
Avatar m tn Is it possible that aspiration pneumonia (oatmeal lodged in the trachea) can exacerbate COPD and/or asthma, thus causing the mild hyperinflation on an x-ray? The 70-yr-old patient is a former smoker (most of her life) and was found w/ an O2 sat of 40% that was a result of the bolus of food that the paramedics had to "force" a breathing tube through. Keep in mind, neither the amount of time that the oatmeal was lodged, nor the amount of time the O2 was low, cannot be verified.
620048 tn?1358018235 In MS, Aspiration Pneumonia can be related to issues with swallowing or gastric reflux. Stomach contents and saliva can cause problems in the lungs. Sometime occupational and speech therapists can help with swallowing issues. I have no idea whether sleeping upright on pillows or a recliner works. It seems to help reflux patients keep the stomach contents down. I suspect that it may help with the drainage of saliva. Let us know what you find out.
Avatar f tn I got a barrium swallow and it was normal so i assumed it was an anxiety issue, Then after I got the pneumonia i saw something on the internet about aspiration pneumonia and it scared me because I still feel lump in throat and nausea at times. Could I have aspirated something into my lungs? I am being treated for pneumonia but I dont know what type. cant get a hold of dr because of holiday.
Avatar m tn Aspiration is a common event. The aspiration can lead to bronchitis or pneumonia, often with cough and the cough may persist for a long time. Food is one type of foreign body that is aspirated. Only 20% of all objects aspirated are show up directly on chest x-ray, also called radio-opaque, and 40% will have a normal chest x-ray.
Avatar n tn The symptoms of cough with wheezing and breathlessness more pronounced on left side could be due to more affection on left lung due to asthma, allergic bronchitis of left lung, left lung pneumonia (though this will also cause fever) and aspiration pneumonia. Aspiration pneumonia is seen in cases of severe GERD or gastric reflux where a part of the refluxed contents are aspirated by the lung. Left lung is more affected than right.
Avatar f tn Hi, I've read on your boards that aspirated food often needs to be removed by bronchcoscopy. But what if the bronchcoscopy is negative, yet the patient still has symptoms? Several months ago I aspirated large piece of apple peel, which is still stuck in my windpipe and very uncomfortable. (But no pneumonia, yet). It took four months to see the ENT specialist and then he couldn't find anything.
620048 tn?1358018235 Sorry to hear that you aren't improving very quickly from your aspiration pneumonia. Do you have COPD or some other chronic lung condition as well? Just wondering if that was making things slower to improve. I do hope you start feeling better soon.
Avatar f tn This leads to obstruction of food going into the stomach with regurgitation, regurgitation and aspiration pneumonia. There is no cure for this disease, but pneumatic dilation of the sphincter, commonly called a valve, or surgical myotomy, which is partial cutting of the valve, offer long-lasting benefit and are considered optimal treatment. If this abnormality is uncorrected, your father will continue to get aspiration pneumonia and eventually die of it.
82861 tn?1333453911 t know if aspiration pneumonia is like the regular pneumonia, but a big sign for me was pain in my lungs or in my back on top of my lungs. On top of the hacking cough and mucus production of course. Talk about one thing after another! I know this is the last thing you need! I hope you'll be feeling better soon so you can get back to choir and show 'em how it's done!
Avatar n tn From your description, you have severe gastro-esophageal reflux and, yes, this could well be the cause of recurrent pneumonia; a type of pneumonia called aspiration pneumonia. The reflux could also be the cause of what your doctors have diagnosed as “asthmatic bronchitis”, bronchitis with wheezing secondary to the aspiration of stomach contents into your bronchial tubes.
Avatar f tn He also took her off of her lasix, because this contributed to kidney failure. He would only release her to a nursing home and would not write an order to resume the blood thinner or the lasix. We were told that without the blood thinner she would develop blood clots around the valve and it would either stop working all together causing a heart attack or it would throw clots causing strokes and this could cause death, paralysis or a coma like state for years.
Avatar f tn http://www.buzzle.com/articles/acute-pneumonia.html It is your doctor or Radiotherapist who should say what you are to do now, if you continue with radiation while on meds for pneumonia or if you do something else. Said doctors are the only ones who should tell you what to do. Please don't make any decisions on your own. Take care and get well.
Avatar n tn There are several things this can be. The first is bronchitis or pneumonia. Your doctor can tell you what is going on for sure and get you the proper treatment. Take care.
Avatar m tn Aspiration pneumonia is a result of constant acid reflux into the stomach. You've probably haven't developed it yet, and you'll be probably fine, when you control your stomach infection, since this should stop your burping. Aspiration pneumonia can be only prevented, not really treated. Steroids maybe, but I guess, you don't have pneumonia already.
Avatar m tn My four and a half month old english bulldog pup has just come down with his second case of aspiration pneumonia within the last 6 weeks. Both times it occurred after he threw up. These are the only times since I had the pup that he has thrown up (got him at 8 weeks old). Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent this from occurring again? It is a big financial burden(about 2grand every incident) and other than these incidents he is a very healthy pup.